Department of History

Prospective students

• Undergraduates
• Postgraduates

Current students

• Undergraduates
  • Personal tutors
  • Undergraduate Dissertations
  • Staff Consultation Hours
• Postgraduates

About the department

• Further information
• General enquiries
• Staff
• History news

Research

• Research
• Conferences, seminars, events

Lifelong Learning

• Lifelong learning

Current undergraduates

This page is for current undergraduates, and for those about to commence their studies. If you require further information please contact the main office of the School for Humanities at the back of 11 Woodland Road. If you have queries about particular units, these can be answered by your unit tutor.

Online Submission of Essays

Guidance for online submission of essays beginning in 2012/13 can be found here (pdf 262 KB).

• Essay Submission Dates TB1 (pdf, 114.9KB)
• Essay Submission Dates TB2 (pdf, 112.9KB)

General

• History Undergraduate Handbook (pdf, 877.8kB)
• Faculty Undergraduate Handbook and other Faculty information
• Formatting items in your Bibliography and Footnotes

• 24 Hour 'Reflective History' Exam
• 'Blackboard' - the University's virtual learning environment
• Unit Websites for those units with online content not presented on Blackboard

• Final year dissertations including published best dissertations of the year
• Undergraduate Dissertation and Conference Fund

• Historical Studies Lunchtime Lecture Series 2012/13
• Option unit descriptions 2013/14

Frequently asked questions

• Why are marks awarded to essays, projects, etc. provisional in the second and third years?

Writing skills and personal development

• Historical Studies Mid-Year Progress Form
• Guidelines covering presentation and layout of written work can be found in the current History Undergraduate Handbook (see link above)
• Faculty of Arts Improve your writing link
• Faculty of Arts Improve your Arts skills link (which includes details of the Faculty writing fellow for one-to-one advice on written work)
• Careers advice for historians

Other useful Information

• Term dates
• Research resources in Bristol
• Information Services - information for students
• History Society
• Staff-Student Liaison Committee (UoB access only)